Discover the tapestries of Hannah Ryggen, one of the most influential Scandinavian artists of the 20th century.
Hannah Ryggen created numerous monumental tapestries in her lifetime.
Originally trained as a painter, Ryggen began weaving on a standing loom on her self-sufficient farm on the West coast of Norway.
She challenged the formal traditions of Norwegian 17th- and 18th-century textile folk art, combining figurative and abstract elements.
She also experimented with and develope.